API Security Testing
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API Security Testing

Now including Postman API Security Examples

About the Book

API Security Testing: A Practical Guide to the OWASP API Security Top 10 is an essential resource for developers, testers, and security professionals looking to strengthen their API security practices. This book delves into the top 10 API security risks identified by OWASP for 2023, offering clear explanations, testing strategies, and best practices to mitigate these vulnerabilities. With 58 pages of in-depth content, including real-world examples and practical code samples, this guide equips you with the tools you need to protect your APIs from today's most critical security threats. Whether you're building new APIs or maintaining existing ones, this book provides the insights needed to ensure robust and secure API deployments.

About the Author

Roy de Kleijn
Roy de Kleijn

Roy de Kleijn is a freelance test automation engineer with 15+ years of experience training organizations on automating parts of their testing (ranging from frontend automation to performance testing) to achieve higher efficiency. When he’s not working, he likes to educate kids on coding, electronics and 3D printing.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction 2 API1:2023 - Broken Object Level Authorization (BOLA) 3 API2:2023 - Broken Authentication 4 API3:2023 - Broken Object Property Level Authorization 5 API4:2023 - Unrestricted Resource Consumption 6 API5:2023 - Broken Function Level Authorization 7 API6:2023 - Unrestricted Access to Sensitive Business Flows 8 API7:2023 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) 9 API8:2023 - Security Misconfiguration 10 API9:2023 - Improper Inventory Management 11 API10:2023 - Unsafe Consumption of APIs 12 Conclusion 13 Appendices

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